Guard means for railway rails



Jan. 18, 1927. ,6 4,658

H. B. COWLEY GUARD MEANS FOR RAILWAY RAILS Filed Feb. 6. 1926 AlttorneyPatented Jan. 18, 1927.

* UNITED STATES HIRAM IB. COWLEY, F ENSLEY, ALABAMA.

GUARD MEANS FOR RAILWAY RAILS.

Application filed February My present invention has to do with means forguarding the rails of railways; and it has for its object to provide asimple and efficient guard means, susceptible of I ready installation,and calculated in addition to adequately guarding a rail to contributeto the strength of the rail support and to the holding of the railagainst lateral movement under great stress. I

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in theimprovement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification Figure1 is a top plan view showing as applied the guard means constituting thebest practical embodiment of my invention of which I am cognizant.

Figure 2 is a transverse section showing my novel guard means asproperly arranged relative to a main line rail and sleepers or tiesunder the same.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in bothviews of the drawings.

I show in the drawings a main line rail 1, and also show sleepers orties 2 positioned in conventional manner below the main line rail.

Among other elements my novel guard means comprises a base plate 3,preferably of steel, the said plate being provided with apertures forthe passage of the shanks of spikes 4 which engage the base of the mainrail 1, and being also provided with auxiliary apertures 5, the latteradjacent to one side only of the main line rail 1. The said auxiliaryapertures 5 are about one-eighth of an inch nearer the longitudinalcenter of the rail 1 so that when the spikes 4 are driven through thesaid apertures 5 instead of through the apertures in which the spikes 4are shown, the main line rail 1 will be positioned closer to the guardrail 6. It will also be noticed in this connection that the apertures 5extend to a slight extent under the adjacent portion of the base of themain line rail 1. At its longitudinal edge at the opposite side of theguard rail 6, with reference to the main line rail 1, the base plate 3is spiked to the sleepers or ties as designated by 7, these spikes 7being arranged approximately as illustrated relative to braces 8 whichare preferably of. wrought steel. The said braces 8 are riveted to thebase plate 3. and are opposed to the side and under the head 6, 1926.Serial No. 88,525.

of the guard rail 6, Figure 2, at the side of the said guard rail 6remote from the main line rail 1. I i

As will be readily understood by comparison of Figures 1 and 2, theguard rail 6 is provided with an intermediate portion in parallelismwith the main line rail 1, and is also provided with end portionsdeflected away from the main line rail 1. It will also be noticed thatintermediate of the deflected end portions of the guard rail 6, the baseof the said guard rail 6 adjacent the main line rail 1 is sheared off orotherwise removed, so that the portion of the base of the'guard rail 6that is opposed to and abuts against the base of the main line rail 1,is of a less width than the remainder of the base of the guard rail 6.Thus the head of the guard rail 6 is positioned with one edge thereofinclose proximity to the head of the main line rail las is desirable inpractice.

The guard rail 6 is riveted at 9 to the base plate 1, and it beingremembered that the braces 8 are also riveted to the base plate 1, itfollows that my novel guard means is susceptible of being convenientlyhandled as a unit and is equally susceptible of being readily positionedrelative to sleepers or ties and a main line rail and fixed inepositionwith respect to both the sleepers or ties and the main line rail 1, itbeing understood'in this connection that the spikes 4 and the spikes 7are fixed in the sleepers or ties 2.

It will also be apparent from the foregoing that the spikes 4 that aredriven between the bases of the main line rail 1 and guard rail 6 havetheir heads disposed above the bases of both rails so that not only themain line rail 1 is directly spiked to the sleepers or ties 2, but theguard rail 6 is also directly spiked to the sleepers or ties. with.

the result that the strength and durability of the structure as a wholeis materially enhanced.

For the reasons indicated I prefer to employ the specific constructionillustrated and hereinbefore described in detail. I do not desire,however, to be understood as restricting myself to the disclosedconstruction and relative arrangement of the elements, my inventionbeing defined by my appended claims within the scope of which changes instructure and changes in relative arrangement may be made withoutdeparture from my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire-to secure byLetters Patent, is 7 1. Guard means for railway rails, comprising a baseplate provided with spike receiving apertures, a guard rail superposedupon and riveted to the base plate and having deflected end portions,said guard rail being coextensive with said base plate, and bracessuperposed upon and riveted to the base plate and opposed to andabutting against the adjacent side of the guard rail.

2. Guard means for railway rails, comprising abase plate provided withspike receiving apertures, a guard rail superposed .upon and riveted t0the base plate and having deflected end portions, said guard railbeing-coextensive with said base plate, and braces superposed upon andiveted to the base plate and opposed to and abutting against theadjacent side of the guardrail; the portion of the base of the guardrail intermediate of the said deflected end portion being removed forclose positioning of the *base of the guard rail to the base of amainline rail.

3. Guard means for railway rails, con prisinga base plate provided withspike receiving apertures, a guard rail superposed upon andriveted tothe base plate and having deflected end portions, said guard rail beingco-extensive with said-base plate, and braces superposed upon andriveted to the base plate and opposed to and abutting .dinal center ofthe base plate.

fi l "Guard means for railway'rails comprising a base plate with twospaced longitudinal sets of apertures for the passage of spiked shanks,a guard rail riveted on said base plate and having deflected endportions and also having the intermediate portion of its base removedinpart between the said deflected end portions, said guard rail being'co-extensive with said base plate, and braces riveted to the baseplate'and arranged at the side of the guard rail remote from saidreduced base portion;the base plate being further providedat pointsadjacent to the said spike receivingapertures ot the set remote fromtheguard rail with auxiliary spike receiving apertures that'extend nearerto the longitudinal center-of the base plate and are adapted to'extendpartly below the webs or base of a main line rail;

In testimony whereof Iafiix my signature.

HIE-AM B. COWLEY.

